Wheels Of Laredo chords by The Highwomen

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)

Key: B

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G  D/F#  Em  D  C  C/B  Am  D


Verse 1:
   G
On a winter night in Webb County, Texas
                  Bm
On the north bank of the mighty Rio Grande
   C
I was watching the jungle fires a-burnin'
      G             D/F#
Across the border of a not-so-distant land

Verse 2:
    G
And the echoes of the church bells that were swingin'
                   Bm
Could be heard from Guadalupe Market Square
      C
There was a girl down there in the south side of the river
    G                 D/F#
She had feathers tied into her long black hair


Chorus:
   C
Said if I was I was a white-crowned sparrow
    G                D/F#
I would float upon the southern skies of blue
    G   D/F#   Em   D C
But I'm stuck inside the wheels of Laredo
D               G  D/F#  Em  D  C  C/B  Am  D
Wishing I was rolling back to you


Verse 3:
   G
I put on my favorite jacket for Jamboozie
                 Bm
I painted up my eyes and wore my beads
      C
There was a band playing "To God Be the Glory"
      G               D/F#
There were people dancing all around the streets


Verse 4:
      G
There were barrels on the sidewalk that were burning
                   Bm
And a fortune-teller readin' people's hands
   C
And I swear I heard those church bells ringing
      G             D/F#
Across the border in a not-so-distant land


Chorus:
   C
Said if I was I was a white-crowned sparrow
    G                D/F#
I would float upon the southern skies of blue
    G   D/F#   Em   D C
But I'm stuck inside the wheels of Laredo
D
Wishing I was rolling back to you


Instrumental:
Em  C  G  D/F#  x2


Chorus:
   C
Said if I was I was a white-crowned sparrow
    G                D/F#
I would float upon the southern skies of blue
    G   D/F#   Em   D C
But I'm stuck inside the wheels of Laredo
D             Em
Wishing I was rolling back to you
C       D        G  D/F#  Em  D  C  C/B  Am   D  G
Wishing I was rolling back to you